Pacific West Biomass, San Francisco, CA, January 16-18, 2012 – January 16, 2012: OriginOil Senior Director of Product Engineering Bill Charneski discussed the strategies for the use of algae biomass and the optimal process of converting algae into bio-crude. He then discussed drop-in fuels and how algae was part of the DOE’s Uniform-Format Biomass Feedstock System. Finally, he introduced the new OriginOil Algae Appliance™.